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Vítor Alves is a practicing architect, assistant professor at ISMAT, integrated researcher at CEAA-ESAP, editorial manager of Jornal Arquitectos and part of the organization and scientific committee of FilArch – Philosophy and Architecture Symposium. He has a degree in architecture (FAA-ULP), attended the master of Philosophy-Aesthetics (FCSH-UNL) and received his PhD from FAUP. His research focus on the contemporary relation between specialized media and the construction of the architect’s figure, and how this defines the disciplinary boundaries.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Vitor Alves

Citation names

  • Alves, Vitor

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B81D-686C-C438
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8206-3336

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts - Architectural design

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2012/09/14 - 2021/01/27
Concluded
 Programa de Doutoramento em Arquitectura (Doutoramento)
Major in Arquitectura: Teoria, Projecto, História
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
"Estilhaços do Espelho: o Jornal Arquitectos (1981-2015) como território da construção do arquitecto" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado por unanimidade, com distinção
2011/03/07 - 2011/03/09
Concluded
 Cultura e Pensamento Contemporâneo (Outros)
Fundação Serralves, Portugal
2010/04/19 - 2010/06/07
Concluded
 Pensamento Crítico Contemporâneo: alguns representantes (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2009/04/17 - 2009/07/03
Concluded
 Sismografia da Cultura (Outros)
Fundação Serralves, Portugal
2006 - 2007
Attended
 Filosofia (Mestrado)
Major in Estética
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2004/11/20
Concluded
 Aspectos da representação no corpo na arte Moderna e Contemporânea (Outros)
Fundação Serralves, Portugal
1998/09/28 - 2003/07/28
Concluded
 Arquitectura (Licenciatura)
Universidade Lusíada Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura e Artes, Portugal
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/11/19 - Current Researcher (Research) Escola Superior Artística do Porto Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/11/02 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/03/14 - Current Editorial Management of Jornal Arquitectos Ordem dos Arquitectos, Portugal
Jornal Arquitectos, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2015/01/02 - 2015/06/02 The Site of Discourse
PTDC/CPC-HAT/4894/212
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa DINÂMIA'CET Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território, Portugal
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/07/10 - Current Architecture & Tourism: The Invisible Networks
2022-1-PT01KA131-HED-000061040
Principal investigator
Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal
Ongoing
2022 - 2022/07 Blended Intensive Programmes - BIPs
KA 131
Researcher
Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Constantino Pereira Martins; Alves, Vitor. Visão, Possibilidade, Virtualidade - Vision, Possibility, Virtuality. Porto, Portugal: Ordem dos Arquitectos Secção Regional Norte. 2022.
    Published • Editor
Book chapter
  1. Alves, Vitor. "How to construct a body of an architect? Eduardo Souto de Moura’s hypothesis". In Visão, Possibilidade, Virtualidade - Vision, Possibility, Virtuality, 169-175. Porto, Portugal: Ordem dos Arquitectos Secção Regional Norte, 2022.
    Published
  2. Alves, Vitor. "Singularities of the mirror". In Nas nuvens também crescem raízes / Even in clouds roots are born, edited by Constantino Pereira Martins, 112-118. Porto, Portugal: Ordem dos Arquitectos Secção Regional do Norte, 2021.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Alves, Vitor. "A Thick Magazine: Manuel Graça Dias’ Jornal Arquitectos and the Construction of the Culturalist Architect". Paper presented in Comunicar la Arquitectura: Del Origen de la Modernidad a la Era Digital, Granada, 2024.
    Published
  2. Alves, Vitor. "The Performative Acts of Becoming an Architect". Paper presented in EAHN 7th International Meeting, Madrid, 2022.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Alves, Vitor. "How Big is a Whale, Mr. Melville? Space and Knowledge in Moby-Dick". Analecta Hermeneutica: Hermeneutics and Melville XVI (2024):
    Open access • In press
  2. Vítor Alves. "For today we browse". Sophia Journal (2022): https://doi.org/10.24840/2183-8976_2021-0006_0001_16.
    10.24840/2183-8976_2021-0006_0001_16
  3. Alves, Vitor. "Jornal Arquitectos, 1981-2015". Jornal Arquitectos 258 (2019): 44-49.
    Published
Magazine article
  1. Alves, Vitor. "Trabalhos do Olhar/Works of the Gaze", Jornal Arquitectos, 2024
  2. Alves, Vitor; Machado e Moura, Carlos. "A circulatura do quadrado na Adega Casa de Sarmento / Squaring the circle for the Casa de Sarmento Winery", J-A Jornal Arquitectos, 2023
  3. Neves, Isa Clara; Brandão, Filipe Jorge da Silva; Alves, Vitor. Corresponding author: Neves, Isa Clara. "A Emergência do Projeto Computacional em Arquitectura / The Emergence of Computational Design in Architecture", Jornal Arquitectos, 2023
  4. Alves, Vitor; Figueiredo, Rute. "Palmares Ocean Living & Golf e o Truque do Ilusionista / Palmares Ocean Living & Golf and the Magician's Trick", Jornal Arquitectos, 2023
  5. Alves, Vitor. "Arquitectura forense / Forensic architecture", Jornal Arquitectos, 2022, https://arquitectos.pt/ja_arquivo/JA_262.pdf.
  6. Baptista, Luís Santiago ; Machado e Moura, Carlos; Alves, Vitor. "O campo da crítica desde 1968 / The field of criticism since 1968", Jornal Arquitectos, 2022, https://arquitectos.pt/ja_arquivo/JA_261.pdf.
Online resource
  1. Alves, Vitor. Notas sobre um Arquitecto Artificialmente Inteligente. 2023. https://www.artecapital.net/arq_des.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Estilhaços do Espelho: O Jornal Arquitectos (1981-2015) como Território da Construção do Arquitecto". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/133867.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07/25 Host City: Invisible Forces, Fragmented Landscape and Collective Presence BIP – Comunidades Sustentáveis
Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (Portimão, Portugal)
2024/03/13 Jornal Arquitectos (1981-2015) como território da construção do arquitecto
Departamento de Arquitectura da Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2024/02/16 From Poetics to Politics: Architecture as a Discursive Practice 2024 Barrett West Visiting International Scholar
Barrett, The Honors College, Arizona State University (Phoenix , United States)
2024/01/25 A Thick Magazine: Manuel Graça Dias’ Jornal Arquitectos and the Construction of the Culturalist Architect Comunicar la Arquitectura: Del Origen de la Modernidad a la Era Digital
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura - URG (Granada, Spain)
2024/01/18 O Meio é a Montagen Toolbox
Escola Superior Artística do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2023/11/06 Edited City
Departamento de Arquitetura da Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/06/16 Montagem: Investigação e Crítica
Escola Superior Artística do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2022/06/22 Mapas do Território e Armaduras Especulares Doutoramento em Arquitetura - Seminário de Práticas Curatoriais
Departamento de Arquitetura da Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/03/05 Mapas do território e armaduras especulares PDA-FAUP Opcional 6 "Afinidades entre Investigação e Projecto"
Universidade do Porto Faculdade Arquitectura (Porto, Portugal)
2021/11/06 The material construction of the architect’s body Filarch 2021, Philosophy and Architecture - Visions
Fundação Instituto Marques da Silva (Porto, Portugal)
2021/05/21 Copy/Paste: for today we save JPEG’s and browse PNG’s Visual Spaces of Change: Photographic Documentation of Environmental Transformations
Sophia Journal (Porto, Portugal)
2021/04/24 Mapas do território e armaduras especulares PDA-FAUP Opcional 6 "Afinidades entre Investigação e Projecto"
Universidade do Porto Faculdade Arquitectura (Porto, Portugal)
2020/11/25 Singularities of the mirror Filarch 2020
Ordem dos Arquitectos Secção Regional Norte (Porto, Portugal)
2019/11/15 Os estilhaços do espelho: Jornal Arquitectos, 1981-2015 5º Encontro Nacional de Investigadores em Arquitectura
Departamento de Arquitetura da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/02/09 Theory on display Theory’s history: Challenges in the historiography of architectural knowledge, 196X-199X
KU Leuven (Bruxelas, Belgium)
2015/11/24 JA ou o elegante convite à desordem: de jornal a revista Colóquio Notícias de Arquitectura #1
Escola Superior Artística do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2015/09/29 JA or the elegant invitation to disorder: from journal to magazine The site of discourse. Thinking architecture through publication
(Lisboa, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/10/29 - 2024/10/31 II Colloqium – Criticism, Media, Memory: Architectural Transatlantic Dialogues (2024/10/29 - 2024/10/31)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Escola Superior Artística do Porto Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo, Portugal

Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Universidad de Navarra, Spain

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2024/01/25 - 2024/05/24 Toolbox: workshops, seminars and master classes (2024/01/25 - 2024/05/24)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Portugal
2024/01/12 - 2024/01/25 Toolbox (2024/01/12 - 2024/01/25)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Portugal
2023/12/12 - 2023/12/12 PVA Talks 2023 (2023/12/12 - 2023/12/12)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Escola Superior Artística do Porto Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo, Portugal
2022/05 - 2023/05/27 FilArch 2023 - Architecture in the Age of Digital Media (2022/05/25 - 2023/05/27)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Panepistemio Patron Tmema Architektonon Mechanikon, Greece

Escola Superior Artística do Porto Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/10/29 - 2024/10/31 Chair in II Colloqium – Criticism, Media, Memory: Architectural Transatlantic Dialogues
Congress
 II Colloqium – Criticism, Media, Memory: Architectural Transatlantic Dialogues
Escola Superior Artística do Porto Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo, Portugal

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Universidad de Navarra, Spain

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2024/03/11 - 2024/03/15 Tutor do workshop “Host City’s – Pop Up Dwellings”
Workshop
 Host City’s – Pop Up Dwellings
Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal
2023/12/12 - 2023/12/12 Round table "A Responsabilidade do Crítico"
Round table
 PVA Talks 2023
Escola Superior Artística do Porto Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo, Portugal
2023/05/25 - 2023/05/27 Chair in FilArch 2023, Philosophy and Architecture: Architecture in the Age of Digital Media Symposium
Symposium
 FilArch 2023, Philosophy and Architecture: Architecture in the Age of Digital Media
Panepistemio Patron Tmema Architektonon Mechanikon, Greece
2022/06/23 - 2022/06/23 Chair in FilArch 2022, Philosophy and Architecture Symposium
Congress
 Philosophy of Architecture Symposium 2022: On Gardens
Kodolányi János Egyetem, Hungary
2022/06/15 - 2022/06/18 The Performative Acts of Becoming an Architect
Congress
 European Architectural History Network 7th International Conference
European Architectural History Network 7th International Conference, Spain
2022/05/02 - 2022/05/06 Tutor in MIA.ISMAT "Espaço Público ou Espaço para o Público(?)" Workshop
Workshop
 Espaço Público ou Espaço para o Público(?)
Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal
2020/06/22 - 2020/06/24 Moderador no Simpósio Filarch 2020, Philosophy and Architecture
Symposium
 Filarch 2020, Philosophy and Architecture
Ordem dos Arquitectos, Portugal
2017/10/26 - 2017/10/26 Participation in the debate "Architecture publishing in the era of digital dissemination" organized by Jornal Arquitectos and held at the Ordem dos Arquitectos.
Round table
 A publicação de arquitectura na era da disseminação digital
2015/02/26 - 2015/04/10 Curator of the exhibition, together with José Bártolo, as part of the R&D Project The Site of Discourse on architectural magazines published in Portugal in the 20th century, developing two complementary reading levels. The first, more panoramic, contextualizes the research topic in the form of a chronological mapping and the second, with a limited focus, explores the published editions of Jornal Arquitectos between the years 2000 and 2005.
Exhibition
 O lugar do discurso – Arquitectura revista
2015/02/26 - 2015/02/26 Participation in the debate "Arquitectura Revista - Portuguese Architecture Magazines discussed from Graphic Design's Perspective "
Round table
 Arquitectura Revista – As Revistas Portuguesas de Arquitectura discutidas pela Perspectiva do Design Gráfico

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/12/14 A composição formal em arquitectura: Edifício Multiusos - Centro Cultural e Comunitário da Bordeira
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Alexandre Manuel Guerreiro Bilhau (Master)
Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2022/07/29 - Current Member of the Pedagogical Council
Member
 Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal
2021/11/26 - Current Member of the Scientific Council of Filarch, Philosophy and Architecture
Member
 Kodolányi János Egyetem, Hungary

Escola Superior Artística do Porto Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo, Portugal

Elleniko Anoikto Panepistemio, Greece

Ethniko Metsobio Polytechneio, Greece

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/10/29 - 2024/10/31 II Colloqium – Criticism, Media, Memory: Architectural Transatlantic Dialogues Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo - Escola Superior Artística do Porto

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/09/26 - Current Project I Bachelor Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal
2022/09 - Current Theory of Architecture I Arquitetura (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal
2022/09 - Current Urban Design I Arquitetura (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal
2021/11 - Current Architectural Criticism and Aesthetics Arquitetura (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal
2021/11 - Current Research Methods Arquitetura (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal
2022/02 - 2023/07 Seminar Arquitetura (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal
2022/11/07 - 2022/11/11 Tutor in MIA.ISMAT "New Ways (1.0)" Workshop Arquitetura (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 Jury in the Assessment Tests for Thesis Projects of the Doctoral Program in Architecture Universidade Lusófona Arquitectura Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2024 2024 Barrett West Visiting International Scholar
Barrett, The Honors College, Arizona State University , United States
2022 Distinção a Tese de Doutoramento
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal